Bobby Brown’s autobiography, The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But… should have been out by now (Amazon has its release date listed as June 1, but lists no copies as currently available), but there’s tragically been no word on when the book will actually hit stores. Blackvoices.com has an advance copy, though, and they’re sharing some interesting observations and anecdotes of Bobby’s about Usher, the “little mini me” who “basically did my whole show.” But that scuffle they had a while back? Please, it was no more of a fight than when Rick James and Charlie Murphy would get together.

“When I walked into the party I ran into Usher and we immediately gave each other a hug. While he was holding me, he turned to the side and kinda put my neck in a playful choke hold and started squeezing me.”

“I tried to tell him that I couldn’t breathe but he couldn’t hear me because the music was loud. It didn’t help that he was drunk. I was yelling, ‘yo, yo, yo let me go! I can’t breathe!’ He was excited to see me and he was just expressing himself with this gesture. He was so drunk he didn’t realize what he was doing.”

“I picked him up and held him over the DJ booth which had a nice little drop down below.”

“When I did this, I guess his body guards felt like I was threatening his life so they came to his rescue. They came and pulled us apart which looked like a scuffle to the people around looking on.”

Usher’s take, as shared in this MTV interview, is a lot vaguer.

What happened with me and Bobby Brown? Nothing. Nothing. Bobby showed up at my party and the party was over. People kind of alluded to the fact that maybe there was a fight or something like that. We never got like that. That’s it. He just got onstage and said some words. No, actually I said some words to him, or actually to the audience. That was it. Really, that was it. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it [laughs].

I wonder if Bobby was basing his “he stole my show” comments on the actual medley of Bobby Brown hits that Usher used to perform on stage. Nice shirtless sleeves, Ush! If only you’d donned suspenders and Lycra shorts with USHER written on the side.

“I think you take parts of whoever is the hottest act of that era and you incorporate that into your own style. It’s just like taking buttermilk, eggs and corn meal, you whip it up, bake it and you have cornbread.” Very perceptive, Bobby. Now where the hell is that book? Are you waiting for a postscript from your equally classy son?

Bobby Brown: The Truth About Usher [Blackvoices.com]
Usher: Souled Out [MTV]
Bobby Brown Medley [YouTube]